Esther R. (Lee) Christian, 92, of Haverhill, died Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Penacook Place Nursing Home in Haverhill, after a year of declining health.Born in Biddeford, Maine, January 6, 1919, she was the daughter of the late, John J. and Catherine (Callary) Lee. She attended Biddeford public schools and was a graduate of Biddeford High School, Class of 1938.Esther and her husband Robert relocated to Haverhill in 1950, where they would raise their family. She was employed as a Nurses Aid at the former Union Mission, now known as Penacook Place Nursing Home for twenty-seven years, retiring in 1998. She was a member of St. James Parish and the St. James Ladies Sodality. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she enjoyed spending time with family and also loved traveling.The widow of, Robert T. Christian who died in 1984, she leaves her sons, Robert L. Christian and his wife, Judith, of Plaistow, NH, John S. Christian, of Lowell, and Mark P. Christian, of Haverhill, a daughter, Margaret C. “Peggy” Vannella and her husband Carmine, of Merrimac, nine grandchildren, Robert, Julie, Adam, Matthew, Beth, Melissa, Melanie, and Kristopher Christian and Anthony Vannella, four great grandchildren, Lyndsay, Brooke, and Olivia Christian, and Celia Ralph, a brother Thomas R. Lee, of Biddeford, ME, and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings, Joseph, Dennis, Theresa, and Catherine, (Sister Augustine).Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Wednesday from 4 until 7 PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Rte 125) Haverhill. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:00 AM from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM in St. James Church, Winter St. Haverhill. Burial will follow at the Plaistow Cemetery, Elm St. Plaistow. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the St. James Capital Improvement Fund, 6 Cottage St. Haverhill, MA 01830.
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